Propelled sound producing toy



Sept. 26, 1950 H. T. HANSEN PRoPELLED soUND PRoDUcING ToY Filed Feb; 23, 194

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Patented Sept. 26, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PROPELLED SOUND PRODUCING TOY Harold vThomas Hansen, Milwaukee, Wis. Application February 23, 1946, Serial No. 649,456

This invention relates to improvements in propelled sound producing toys.

A general object of the invention is to provide a novel toy adapted to be pushed or trundled by a child and provided with a sound producing mechanism which, during propulsion of the toy, will emit sounds corresponding to the natural noises or sounds produced by the animal or fowl simulated by the toy.

A more specic object of the invention is to provide an animal or fowl simulating propelled toy having a dual purpose traction wheel designed to give the impression of the feet of the animal or fowl and to also operate a sound maker.

A further object of the invention is to provide a top of the character described of very simple and compact construction and wherein the rotatable traction device and noise maker is compactly housed between side plate members, all of which are connected by a single stud of rivet which also serves as the axis for the rotatable traction member.

A further object of the invention is to provide a propelled sound producing toy of attractive and novel appearance, which is easily manipulated, which is inexpensive to manufacture, and which is well adapted for the purposes set forth.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention consists of the improved propelled sound producing toy, and its parts and combinations as set forth in claim, and all equivalents thereof.

In the accompanying drawing in which the same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the views:

Fig. 1 is a side view of the improved toy with a portion of a side plate broken away to show the traction member housed within a body recess;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 2--2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail sectional View taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of the lower body portion of the toy with portions broken away to show structural details.

While, within the scope of the invention, the body portion of the toy may be shaped and decorated so as to simulate the caricature of any animal, fowl, or the like, in the present instance, by way of example, the toy is intended to simulate the caricature of a duck. The body of the toy is preferably formed of light veneer or plywood, but the invention is not to be restricted thereto.

1 Claim. (Cl. 46-105) Referring now more particularly to Fig. 1, it will be seen that the upper body portion 5 is in the form of a properly shaped gure which, at its base, merges into a larger, properly shaped lower bodysection 6 having a curved recess 'I therein. There is disposed within said curved recessed portion 'I an eccentrically shaped combination traction wheel and noise maker agitator 8. The member 8 is in the form of a cam with spaced apart segments whose peripheral portions are notched or serrated, as at 9. The member 8 is revolubly mounted on the shank of a transverse rivet or stud I0. The inner angled end of a flexible sound producing metallic strip II is anchored within a recess therefor in the lower body portion 6 and the free end of said strip I I projects into the recess 'I so as to be engaged and flexed by the serrated edge portions of the member 8 upon rotation of the latter. It will thus be seen that upon rotation of the member 8, each section thereof will cause quick vibrations of the member II to produce sounds, which sounds are interrupted by the division grooves between the sections of the member 8, so that upon rapid rotation of the traction member 8, the sound producing strip I I will produce a series of successive quack quacks.

Both sides of the lower body section 6 are adapted to be closed by external plates I2 shaped to simulate wing flaps. These plates serve to cover and conceal the major portion of the traction member 8 whose lower peripheral portion projects below the assembly so as to engage the ground or surface during propulsion of the top. It will be observed that the construction and assembly of the lower portion of the toy is extremely simple with the traction member 8 being housed within the body recess 1 and with the rivet or stud I 0 serving as the sole means for revolubly mounting the member 8 and for holding both side plates I2 in position against the lower body section 6. The latter is caused by the heads of the stud which tightly engage the plates I2 and cause the same to xedly impinge against opposite surface portions of the body section 6 beyond peripheral portions of the recess 1.

For the convenient propulsion of the toy, an elongated rod-like handle I3 is provided whose inner end portion is slotted, as at I4, so as to embrace a portion of the upper body 5 and an extended portion of the lower body section 6, as shown in Fig. l. The slotted or bifurcated portion of the handle is secured to the body portions which it embraces by means of pairs of nails or brads I5 driven through the plies in opposite directions.

In the operation of the toy, it is positioned upright with the rotatable traction member 8 engaging the floor or surface. The toy is then pushed rapidly through the medium of the handle I3 and the turning of the traction member simulates the moving feet of the fowl, and also causes the metallic strip l l to rapidly vibrate, producing series of sounds simulating those of the duck or animal represented,

'I'he improved toy is of simple and novel construction and is well adapted for the purposes describedi What is claimed as the invention is:

In a toy resembling a duck caricature having a body with a recess in the lower portion, a transverse shaft in said recess, an eccentrically shaped combination traction wheel and reed vibrator revolubly mounted on said shaft and projecting below the lower edge of the body, said wheel having eccentric segments, a flexible Vibratory reed mounted at one side Vportion of the cavity, said eccentric segments of the combination wheel simulating legs during movement and each having a serrated periphery engaging, upon advancement,

a free portion of said reed, side plates mounted on opposite outer face portions of the lower portion of the body covering said recess and extending beyond the upper and lateral margins of the recess to impinge against surface portions of said main body part to simulate wing parts, said transverse shaft forming both the axis for said combination wheel and the means for clamping the side plates to the main body portion, and a handle member having a slot wherein separated body portions are secured and embraced so that the toy may be pushed over the ground.

HAROLD THOMAS HANSEN.

REFERENCES CITED The followingreferences are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Germany Nov. 24, 1885 

